Rig Veda (translation and commentary)
by H. H. Wilson | 1866 | 1,999,864 words | ISBN-10: 8171101380 | ISBN-13: 9788171101382
The Rig-Veda, English translation, including the commentary of Sayana and grammatical analysis. The hyms of the Rigveda Samhita represents some of the oldest and complex of Hindu Sanskrit literature. In ten books, these mantras form the core essence of rituals and ceremonies once widely performed throughout ancient India. This edition contains the...
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Rig Veda 9.88.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इन्द्रो॒ न यो म॒हा कर्मा॑णि॒ चक्रि॑र्ह॒न्ता वृ॒त्राणा॑मसि सोम पू॒र्भित् । पै॒द्वो न हि त्वमहि॑नाम्नां ह॒न्ता विश्व॑स्यासि सोम॒ दस्यो॑: ॥
इन्द्रो न यो महा कर्माणि चक्रिर्हन्ता वृत्राणामसि सोम पूर्भित् । पैद्वो न हि त्वमहिनाम्नां हन्ता विश्वस्यासि सोम दस्योः ॥
indro na yo mahā karmāṇi cakrir hantā vṛtrāṇām asi soma pūrbhit | paidvo na hi tvam ahināmnāṃ hantā viśvasyāsi soma dasyoḥ ||
English translation:
“You, Soma, who like Indra perform mighty acts, are the slayer of the Vṛtras, the destroyer of those who are called serpents; you are the slayer of every Dasyu.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): uśanāḥ;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इन्द्रः॑ । न । यः । म॒हा । कर्मा॑णि । चक्रिः॑ । ह॒न्ता । वृ॒त्राणा॑म् । अ॒सि॒ । सो॒म॒ । पूः॒ऽभित् । पै॒द्वः । न । हि । त्वम् । अहि॑ऽनाम्नाम् । ह॒न्ता । विश्व॑स्य । अ॒सि॒ । सो॒म॒ । दस्योः॑ ॥
इन्द्रः । न । यः । महा । कर्माणि । चक्रिः । हन्ता । वृत्राणाम् । असि । सोम । पूःभित् । पैद्वः । न । हि । त्वम् । अहिनाम्नाम् । हन्ता । विश्वस्य । असि । सोम । दस्योः ॥
indraḥ | na | yaḥ | mahā | karmāṇi | cakriḥ | hantā | vṛtrāṇām | asi | soma | pūḥ-bhit | paidvaḥ | na | hi | tvam | ahi-nāmnām | hantā | viśvasya | asi | soma | dasyoḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.88.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“great; abundant.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“action; saṃskāra; ritual; procedure; karman; treatment; object; function; production; job; operation; karman [word]; act; job; passive voice; activity; consequence; function; yajña; pañcakarman; cooking; occupation; profession; construction; duty; method; natural process; duty; therapy.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“doing; active.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“killer; curative; killing; removing; destroyer.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“Vṛtra; vṛtra [word].”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], feminine
“fortress; pur [word]; town; purā [indecl.]; mahant.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[noun], masculine
“snake; lead; nāga; Nāga; ahi [word]; Vṛtra.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“name; appellation; nāman [word]; nāmakaraṇa; surname; noun; word.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“killer; curative; killing; removing; destroyer.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“savage; outcast; mugger.”